RE: nft bewilderment
Close the ticket. wiki.archlinux.org on nftables looks like it answers enough of my questions to keep me going for a few days... Thanks for the replies and suggestions. -- Glenn English
Re: nft bewilderment
On Tuesday, May 05, 2020 03:01:02 PM ghe wrote: > > Aside from advice like google (ddg) them, why don't you list them here. Sorry, I wasn't very clear -- I was trying to suggest that you google (or ddg) and list here the terms that you don't understand. > > There were so many I don't remember all of them. > > A few: > > The Debian pages on nft. > The Arch pages. > The Ubuntu pages. > The man page. > The nft site. > Serverfault. > Admin magazine. > > Amazon looking for O'Reilly etc. books. > > Sorry. That's almost certainly not all. It's from the sites I printed > and sites I saved bookmarks to. > > And I use DDG, not Google. I'll try Google...
Re: nft bewilderment
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 12:42 PM, wrote: > On Tuesday, May 05, 2020 01:50:00 PM ghe wrote: > > > This wiki explains a lot, but seems to assume I know a lot to begin > > with. Which I don't. > > I know iptables quite well, but nft has added a lot of terms and > > features to the mix. That's fine, but I haven't been able to find out > > much about some of them. > > Aside from advice like google (ddg) them, why don't you list them here. There were so many I don't remember all of them. A few: The Debian pages on nft. The Arch pages. The Ubuntu pages. The man page. The nft site. Serverfault. Admin magazine. Amazon looking for O'Reilly etc. books. Sorry. That's almost certainly not all. It's from the sites I printed and sites I saved bookmarks to. And I use DDG, not Google. I'll try Google... -- Glenn English
Re: nft bewilderment
On Tuesday, May 05, 2020 01:50:00 PM ghe wrote: > This wiki explains a lot, but seems to assume I know a lot to begin > with. Which I don't. > > I know iptables quite well, but nft has added a lot of terms and > features to the mix. That's fine, but I haven't been able to find out > much about some of them. Aside from advice like google (ddg) them, why don't you list them here.
Re: nft bewilderment
> It's not clear from your message if you've seen this. > https://wiki.nftables.org Yes, I have. Lots of help, but lots of info missing. This wiki explains a lot, but seems to assume I know a lot to begin with. Which I don't. I know iptables quite well, but nft has added a lot of terms and features to the mix. That's fine, but I haven't been able to find out much about some of them. > Kind regards, > Andrei -- Glenn English
Re: nft bewilderment
On Ma, 05 mai 20, 10:57:24, ghe wrote: > Buster, Supermicro desktop, nft noob > > Can anyone recommend a book or website with a thorough explanation of > nft (the iptables replacement)? It's not clear from your message if you've seen this. https://wiki.nftables.org Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature
nft bewilderment
Buster, Supermicro desktop, nft noob Can anyone recommend a book or website with a thorough explanation of nft (the iptables replacement)? I'm working on rewriting my aged packet filter shell script (big and from the ipchains days) with nft and python. I've spent several hours on the web, and I've found lots of info about nft, but nowhere have I come across a plain and straightforward explanation -- lots of 'how nft is a huge improvement over iptables', but very little about why or what things mean or what's necessary to make things happen. So far, the best I've been able to do is just change the commands in examples and test them to see what happens. Like, for one example: What's a 'base chain', what's not, why do both exist, what's the functional difference, what do the various components of the command line mean, etc. -- Glenn English
